March 2011
“Italy is now a great country to invest in… today we have fewer communists and...”
– Italian Prime Minister Sylvio Berlusconi (via life)
Stages of courtly love
mediumaevum:
Attraction to the lady, usually via eyes/glance
Worship of the lady from afar
Declaration of passionate devotion
Virtuous rejection by the lady
Renewed wooing with oaths of virtue and eternal fealty
Moans of approaching death from unsatisfied desire (and other physical manifestations of lovesickness)
Heroic deeds of valor which win the lady’s heart
Consummation of the...
